Tripos contrarium

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Gonyaulacales
Family: 
Ceratiaceae
Genus: 
Tripos
Species: 
contrarium
Authority: 
(Gourret) F.Gomez, D.Moreira & P.Lopez-Garcia 2010
Synonym(s): 
Basionym: Ceratium tripos var. contrarium Gourret
Ceratium tripos var. contrarium Gourret 1883
Ceratium trichoceros var. contrarium (Gourret) Schiller 1937
Neoceratium contrarium (Gourret) F.Gomez, D.Moreira & P.Lopez-Garcia 2010

Type species

The type species (holotype) of the genus Tripos is Tripos muelleri Bory de Saint-Vincent.

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Type_locality: France (Gulf of Marseille)

Ecology

Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
pH: neutral

Feeding: Photosynthetic

Life cycle

Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month

Reproduction_mode: asexual

Feeding behaviour

Photosynthetic

Mode of locomotion

Two flagella typical for Dinophyceae
Flagellum: 2
Motility: motile_swimming

Observation site(s)